Birds to See in New Jersey in July
120 bird species on our list for New Jersey are recorded regularly in July
Of these, the most often recorded are Mourning Dove, American Robin, Northern Cardinal, Gray Catbird and Red-winged Blackbird. New this month: Snow Goose, Solitary Sandpiper, Pectoral Sandpiper and Stilt Sandpiper and 5 more.
On the move in July
GBIF · JulArriving
At their peak
Barn SwallowBusiest month of the year · Apr–Sep
Purple MartinBusiest month of the year · Apr–Sep
Forster's TernBusiest month of the year · Apr–Nov
Marsh WrenBusiest month of the year · Apr–Jan
Black-crowned Night-heronBusiest month of the year · All year
Gull-billed TernBusiest month of the year · Apr–Aug
From New Jersey’s bird records, 2019–2024: arriving birds are regular this month but not last; leaving birds are regular this month but not next.
Other months
All 120 birds in July
120 birds
Mourning DoveZenaida macrouraResidentCommon23–34 cmRecorded all year · 3.12% in Jul
American RobinTurdus migratoriusResidentCommon20–28 cmRecorded all year · 3.05% in Jul
Northern CardinalCardinalis cardinalisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.86% in Jul
Gray CatbirdDumetella carolinensisSummer visitorCommon20–24 cmRegularly Apr–Feb · 2.81% in Jul
Red-winged BlackbirdAgelaius phoeniceusResidentCommon17–23 cmRecorded all year · 2.52% in Jul
Song SparrowMelospiza melodiaResidentCommon12–17 cmRecorded all year · 2.51% in Jul
Blue JayCyanocitta cristataResidentCommon25–30 cmRecorded all year · 2.18% in Jul- Barn SwallowHirundo rusticaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 1.92% in Jul
House SparrowPasser domesticusResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.77% in Jul
Common StarlingSturnus vulgarisResidentCommon21–23 cmRecorded all year · 1.75% in Jul
House FinchHaemorhous mexicanusResidentCommon13–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.67% in Jul
Common GrackleQuiscalus quisculaResidentCommon28–34 cmRecorded all year · 1.66% in Jul
Common YellowthroatGeothlypis trichasSummer visitorCommon11–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 1.55% in Jul
Canada GooseBranta canadensisResidentCommon76–110 cmRecorded all year · 1.48% in Jul
OspreyPandion haliaetusSummer visitorCommon54–58 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 1.47% in Jul
Northern MockingbirdMimus polyglottosResidentCommon21–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.46% in Jul
Great Blue HeronArdea herodiasResidentCommon91–137 cmRecorded all year · 1.44% in Jul
Downy WoodpeckerDryobates pubescensResidentCommon14–18 cmRecorded all year · 1.40% in Jul
Fish CrowCorvus ossifragusSummer visitorCommon36–41 cmRecorded all year · 1.38% in Jul
Red-bellied WoodpeckerMelanerpes carolinusResidentCommon23–26 cmRecorded all year · 1.36% in Jul
Turkey VultureCathartes auraResidentCommon62–81 cmRecorded all year · 1.32% in Jul
Tufted TitmouseBaeolophus bicolorResidentCommon14–17 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Jul
Great White EgretArdea albaSummer visitorCommon80–104 cmRecorded all year · 1.30% in Jul
American CrowCorvus brachyrhynchosResidentCommon41–53 cmRecorded all year · 1.26% in Jul
American Herring GullLarus smithsonianusResidentCommon53–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.24% in Jul
MallardAnas platyrhynchosResidentCommon50–65 cmRecorded all year · 1.18% in Jul
Chipping SparrowSpizella passerinaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 1.16% in Jul
Northern FlickerColaptes auratusResidentCommon28–31 cmRecorded all year · 1.15% in Jul- Purple MartinProgne subisSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.96% in Jul
White-breasted NuthatchSitta carolinensisResidentCommon13–14 cmRecorded all year · 0.96% in Jul
Great Black-backed GullLarus marinusResidentCommon64–79 cmRecorded all year · 0.90% in Jul- Forster's TernSterna forsteriSummer visitorCommon33–36 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.89% in Jul
Ruby-throated HummingbirdArchilochus colubrisSummer visitorCommon7–9 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.88% in Jul
Cedar WaxwingBombycilla cedrorumSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRecorded all year · 0.85% in Jul
Common TernSterna hirundoSummer visitorCommon31–35 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.74% in Jul
Great Crested FlycatcherMyiarchus crinitusSummer visitorCommon17–22 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.72% in Jul
Northern Yellow WarblerSetophaga aestivaSummer visitorCommon12–13 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.64% in Jul
Least SandpiperCalidris minutillaSummer visitorCommon13–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.59% in Jul
Eastern BluebirdSialia sialisResidentCommon16–21 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jul
Ring-billed GullLarus delawarensisWinter visitorCommon43–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.58% in Jul
Rock DoveColumba liviaResidentCommon29–37 cmRecorded all year · 0.55% in Jul
Red-tailed HawkButeo jamaicensisResidentCommon45–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.53% in Jul- Marsh WrenCistothorus palustrisSummer visitorCommon10–14 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.53% in Jul
Mute SwanCygnus olorResidentCommon140–160 cmRecorded all year · 0.52% in Jul
Glossy IbisPlegadis falcinellusSummer visitorCommon48–66 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.51% in Jul
Semipalmated SandpiperCalidris pusillaSummer visitorCommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.47% in Jul- Black-crowned Night-heronNycticorax nycticoraxSummer visitorUncommon58–65 cmRecorded all year · 0.43% in Jul
Greater YellowlegsTringa melanoleucaResidentCommon29–40 cmRecorded all year · 0.42% in Jul
Wood DuckAix sponsaSummer visitorCommon47–54 cmRecorded all year · 0.40% in Jul
WilletTringa semipalmataSummer visitorUncommon33–41 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.40% in Jul
Willow FlycatcherEmpidonax trailliiSummer visitorCommon13–17 cmRegularly May–Aug · 0.39% in Jul
Hairy WoodpeckerLeuconotopicus villosusResidentCommon18–26 cmRecorded all year · 0.39% in Jul
Short-billed DowitcherLimnodromus griseusSummer visitorUncommon23–32 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.38% in Jul
Bald EagleHaliaeetus leucocephalusResidentCommon70–102 cmRecorded all year · 0.38% in Jul
Lesser YellowlegsTringa flavipesSummer visitorCommon23–27 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.37% in Jul
Baltimore OrioleIcterus galbulaSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly Apr–Jan · 0.26% in Jul
Semipalmated PloverCharadrius semipalmatusSummer visitorCommon17–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.26% in Jul
OvenbirdSeiurus aurocapillaSummer visitorCommon12–15 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.24% in Jul
Scarlet TanagerPiranga olivaceaSummer visitorCommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.23% in Jul
American Black DuckAnas rubripesWinter visitorCommon54–59 cmRecorded all year · 0.22% in Jul
Pileated WoodpeckerDryocopus pileatusResidentUncommon40–49 cmRecorded all year · 0.18% in Jul- Gull-billed TernGelochelidon niloticaSummer visitorUncommon33–42 cmRegularly Apr–Aug · 0.18% in Jul
Sand MartinRiparia ripariaSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.18% in Jul
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.17% in Jul
Wild TurkeyMeleagris gallopavoResidentUncommon100–125 cmRecorded all year · 0.14% in Jul
American RedstartSetophaga ruticillaSummer visitorCommon11–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.14% in Jul
VeeryCatharus fuscescensSummer visitorUncommon16–19 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.14% in Jul
Common RavenCorvus coraxResidentUncommon54–67 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusSummer visitorUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.13% in Jul
Swamp SparrowMelospiza georgianaWinter visitorCommon12–15 cmRecorded all year · 0.13% in Jul
Solitary SandpiperTringa solitariaPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.12% in Jul
Peregrine FalconFalco peregrinusWinter visitorCommon34–58 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Rose-breasted GrosbeakPheucticus ludovicianusSummer visitorCommon18–22 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.11% in Jul
Grey PloverPluvialis squatarolaResidentUncommon27–30 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Lesser Black-backed GullLarus fuscusWinter visitorUncommon52–64 cmRecorded all year · 0.11% in Jul
Stilt SandpiperCalidris himantopusPassage migrantUncommon18–23 cmRegularly Apr–Oct · 0.09% in Jul
Piping PloverCharadrius melodusSummer visitorUncommon17–18 cmRegularly Mar–Oct · 0.08% in Jul
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRecorded all year · 0.08% in Jul
BobolinkDolichonyx oryzivorusSummer visitorUncommon16–20 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.08% in Jul
GadwallMareca streperaWinter visitorCommon46–56 cmRecorded all year · 0.07% in Jul
Western SandpiperCalidris mauriPassage migrantUncommon14–17 cmRegularly Jul–Jan · 0.07% in Jul
American AvocetRecurvirostra americanaPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.07% in Jul
Pectoral SandpiperCalidris melanotosPassage migrantUncommon19–23 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.06% in Jul
Ruddy DuckOxyura jamaicensisWinter visitorCommon35–43 cmRegularly Oct–Aug · 0.04% in Jul
Broad-winged HawkButeo platypterusSummer visitorUncommon34–44 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.04% in Jul
Eastern Screech-owlMegascops asioResidentUncommon16–25 cmRecorded all year · 0.04% in Jul
Snow GooseAnser caerulescensWinter visitorUncommon69–84 cmRegularly Jul–May · 0.04% in Jul
Red-headed WoodpeckerMelanerpes erythrocephalusResidentUncommon19–23 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Long-billed DowitcherLimnodromus scolopaceusWinter visitorUncommon27–30 cmRegularly Jul–Apr · 0.03% in Jul
Great Horned OwlBubo virginianusWinter visitorUncommon46–63 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Great ShearwaterArdenna gravisPassage migrantUncommon43–51 cmRegularly Jun–Nov · 0.03% in Jul
Virginia RailRallus limicolaResidentUncommon20–27 cmRecorded all year · 0.03% in Jul
Barred OwlStrix variaResidentRare43–50 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Prothonotary WarblerProtonotaria citreaSummer visitorUncommon13–14 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Monk ParakeetMyiopsitta monachusResidentRare29–31 cmRecorded all year · 0.02% in Jul
Chestnut-sided WarblerSetophaga pensylvanicaSummer visitorUncommon10–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.02% in Jul
Red KnotCalidris canutusSummer visitorUncommon23–26 cmRegularly May–Jan · 0.02% in Jul
White-rumped SandpiperCalidris fuscicollisSummer visitorUncommon15–18 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.02% in Jul
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantRare20–32 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
DickcisselSpiza americanaSummer visitorUncommon14–16 cmRegularly Mar–Jan · 0.02% in Jul
Roseate TernSterna dougalliiSummer visitorRare33–41 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Sandwich TernThalasseus sandvicensisPassage migrantRare36–41 cmRegularly Jun–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Black TernChlidonias nigerPassage migrantUncommon22–26 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.02% in Jul
Black-billed CuckooCoccyzus erythropthalmusSummer visitorUncommon28–32 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Horned LarkEremophila alpestrisWinter visitorUncommon16–20 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Cattle EgretArdea ibisSummer visitorRare46–56 cmRegularly Mar–Nov · 0.01% in Jul
Least FlycatcherEmpidonax minimusSummer visitorUncommon12–14 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Wilson's PhalaropePhalaropus tricolorSummer visitorRare22–24 cmRegularly May–Oct · 0.01% in Jul
Common PheasantPhasianus colchicusResidentRare50–90 cmRecorded all year · 0.01% in Jul
Marbled GodwitLimosa fedoaWinter visitorUncommon40–50 cmRegularly Jun–Feb · 0.01% in Jul
Sandhill CraneAntigone canadensisWinter visitorUncommon80–122 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseaSummer visitorRare40–51 cmRegularly May–Jul · 0.00% in Jul
Manx ShearwaterPuffinus puffinusSummer visitorRare30–38 cmRegularly Nov–Jul · 0.00% in Jul
Upland SandpiperBartramia longicaudaPassage migrantRare28–32 cmRegularly Apr–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Alder FlycatcherEmpidonax alnorumSummer visitorRare13–17 cmRegularly May–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Muscovy DuckCairina moschataWinter visitorRare66–84 cmRecorded all year · 0.00% in Jul
BudgerigarMelopsittacus undulatusPassage migrantRare18–20 cmRegularly May–Nov · 0.00% in Jul
Greylag GooseAnser anserSummer visitorRare75–90 cmRegularly Feb–Dec · 0.00% in Jul
Ruffed GrouseBonasa umbellusSummer visitorRare41–50 cmRegularly Apr–Nov · 0.00% in Jul
Indian PeafowlPavo cristatusSummer visitorRare86–230 cmRegularly Jan–Sep · 0.00% in Jul
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made